Late night thoughts:

I am not a shoe slut, but finding out that Christian Louboutins come up to a size 12 makes me wish I had $800 or so lying around so's I could buy some peep-toes with five-inch heels and red soles and pretend I'm Posh Spice.

The LOLCAT bible wiki is my favorite thing in the right now ( Read more... )

Holy crap, when did Michael Imperioli turn 70 ( Read more... )

New Rolling Stone article by Matt Taibbi, as pointed out by Talamasca. Contains my new favorite Matt Taibbi quote:

George W. Bush's war in the Mesopotamian desert was an experiment of sorts, a crude first take at his vision of a fully privatized American government. In Iraq the lines between essential government services and for-profit enterprises have ( Read more... )

In honor of the new Corey Haim/ Corey Feldman reality show (which I'm sure was AWESOME), I managed to track down the infamous clip of Corey Haim being too junked up to speak intelligibly when interviewed for the E! True Hollywood Story.

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I've told people about this clip for years, so I was happy to actually find it. Apparently he's clean now, so ( Read more... )

Generally Jessica Valenti and I tend to disagree on a lot of things (see a comment on another Feministing thread where she compares FGM to "designer vaginas" -- a similar comparison to the one that made me lose all interest in my Gender & Human Rights class a couple years ago), but I think she sums this one up right: People are assholes.I mean, ( Read more... )

Tonight was a dark day for reality programming. I am very unhappy with the outcomes of American Idol, Shear Genius, and America's Next Top Model.

The contestants on American Idol are singing "Sowing the Seeds of Love" by Tears for Fears. I am confused. Also, they suck.